Managers, All Other in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,104
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$31,826
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,703
Kentucky costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Kentucky — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$122,930
Kept after tax
$91,104
Worth in national money
$100,703
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kentucky is among the lower-paying states for managers, all other. The middle earner takes $122,930, ranking 38 of 51 states — about 13.37% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Kentucky reports, managers, all other comes in at 19 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $122,930 you keep $91,104 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $100,703 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $126,480, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kentucky ranks 38 of 51 for managers, all other, with a median of $122,930 — about 13.37% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Managers, all other ranks 19 of 491 occupations by median in Kentucky, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Kentucky is $91,104 after the full tax stack, from $122,930. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $100,703 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $126,480 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Managers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $198,950 |
| This salary | $122,930 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Kentucky | $91,104 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,644 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $116,949 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,759 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $122,930 as a midpoint for Kentucky, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,540 and the ninetieth is $198,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kentucky's $91,104, worked from $122,930. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 19 of 491.
- Two cautions on $100,703, the adjusted value of that $122,930 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kentucky. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 19 of 491 locally.
- The Kentucky median of $122,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,540 to $198,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Kentucky take-home of $91,104, on $122,930 for work ranking 19 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 19 of 491 in the state.
- This $100,703 adjusted figure, worked from $122,930, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 19 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 19 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $57,540 at the bottom tenth to $198,950 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kentucky sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $100,703 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Kentucky adds its own income tax on top — which is why $91,104 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($57,540) and the ninetieth ($198,950) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Kentucky's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $100,703 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $91,104 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Kentucky income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.